TreeStandBowHunter Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Well folks, I have returned from the land of Eskimos We actually came back 3 days early due to transcomm doing the flight schedules. Well, we left on the 23rd from Westover AFB near Springfield,MA. We headed up to New Foundland than over to Ireland and then finally into Trondhiem,Norway. After we arrived, we stayed at a Norweigien Army base near the airport. We stayed there for about 3 days to wait for other units to show up and do the planning. We then headed north to Narvik. COLD COLD COLD is about the only thing I can say. Night time temps were anywhere from -10 to -30. For the most time, we stayed warm with our clothing that was issued to us. But the mornings were the worst. We stayed in 4 man tents (only 2 Marines per tent) but the tents provided no warmth only a wind blocker. We slepped on snow pretty much. I bought a Therma Rest before we left...I am glad I did. So anyway, we jumped about 3 times going further north each time. We would set up our Command and Control and relocate every few days or so. At the end of the exercise, we returned to Trondhiem to the Norwegien Army base to begin our retrograde planning not to mention a little free time out in the city of trondhiem...but we won't get into that Over all, good trip. The country of Norway is awsome. Beutiful scenery and nice people. I would go into more details but I am tired and I am still awake from when we got up this morning to leave Norway. I coundn't sleep on the plane because of too much turbulance. If this thread is still alive tomorrow, I will go into more details. Enjoy the photos. Too tired to explain them. Oh, BTW...we seen Reindeer and Moose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report good to see you back nice pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report good to hear you made it back safe and sound TSBH!! awesome pics, sure is pretty scenery over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back, glad you enjoyed it. And let me guess...the detail from in town was the fact that 95% of women there are knockouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report WB Marine! Looks cold, but beautiful country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Great to see you back, all safe and sound Mike. The pictures look a lot like a few places in BC, Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Good to see you back TSBH.Looks like some nice scenary over there anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report HEY !!! Trouble maker glad to see you're back in one peice, and look forward to your most imformative posts... GREAT PICS for sharing those with us.....now get some rest will ya.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back nice pictures. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report I bet you are glad to be back and into some nice warm housing! Great pictures and welcome home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Glad your back on this side of the pond Mike!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome Back.... What no snow man!!!!! What kind of outfit is this anyway...lol... j/k Glad you made it home safe and sound... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back TSBH. Great pics. It looks cold there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back! It sure looks cold over there! Boy i dont know how muhc of that i could handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBUCK Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welsome back, TSBH! Those are some beautiful mountains. Looks cold, but beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back Devil Dog. Great pictures but...honestly now...it doesn't look THAT cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Yep, looks pretty cold. Welcome back Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report glad that you back in one piece!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back!! There is some nice sceneary in those pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back. I'd like a TDY to Norway. Looks great but can't see traveling there on my own dime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted March 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report OK, back in the saddle here. Norway was cool actually. Too expensive though. They have a 24% sales tax . I didn't buy much. I bought my wife a Troll and I bought my kids a little something. Trolls and Vikings are really big over that way. Our night out in Trondheim was pretty cool. I stayed sober while the others drank thereselves into oblivion. I am sure the Norweigens are glad that we are out of there though . Trondheim has a temperature almost like Boston though which is pretty weird. You would think that it would be colder seeing how Norway is up so high. Now when we moved north to do the actual Field Ex, then it was pretty cold. Another weird one is we stopped in Iceland coming back to the states for a few hours. Iceland is for the most part green except for the high mountains. We flew over Greenland after our stop and it was all white. Go figure that out will ya. I sure can't. Anway, its good to be back on US Soil. Got to meet alot of folks from different countries militaries. The French never showed up but I know Canada was there along with about 10 other countries. Skiing of course is big over there. They don't use salt on there roads....at least not from what I seen. Very few people live there and all the houses are pretty much 1 of 4 colors. Red being the big color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHuntinPastor Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back TSBH!! Thanks for serving bro!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Sound like fun. I thought Ontario was brutal with 15% sales tax on a lot of things....guess it could be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Re: Back from Norway...After Action Report Welcome back Mike, I hope those ham and cheese omelets kept the guys warm over there. Sorry, couldn't resist. [ QUOTE ] We flew over Greenland after our stop and it was all white. Go figure that out will ya. I sure can't. [/ QUOTE ] As far as the following goes, if memory serves me correctly from World History class way back when the Vikings discovered Iceland and Greenland, they so named the countries because well, Greenland was a big block of ice and by naming it Greenland they figured it would keep everybody from coming to the nice green hospitable land they had found that they subsequently named Iceland in hopes of keeping people away. Thats the story I heard anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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